A 50-year-old man killed in a five-vehicle crash this in South Gate was identified Monday.

Officers were dispatched at 2:38 a.m. Sunday to the crash at East Imperial Highway and South Garfield Avenue, according to a watch commander at the South Gate Police Department.

A motorist was pronounced dead at the scene, he said.

He was identified Monday as Javier Gastelum by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner.

Firefighters and paramedics dispatched to the location at 2:41 a.m. rushed one person to a hospital, according to a spokesperson with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The condition of that person was not immediately known.

No arrests were made in connection with the crash, the watch commander said.

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